7 h. ago Nasty Victorian disease sweeping the UK poised to wreak havoc on schools and care homes and can infect at ‘just a touch’

Schools and care homes could soon be under siege from a highly contagious Victorian disease, scientists have warned. Leading public health experts fear there could be a "substantial increase" in outbreaks of the condition, that can cause nightmare attacks of itching. Scabies, caused by microscopic mites that burrow into the skin, easily spreads if people are in...

Politics

40 h. ago DWP Attendance Allowance tips to help claimants get up to £441.60

The benefit pays up to £441.60 every four weeks to those who need help with personal care or supervision due to an illness, disability, or mental health condition

Economics

4 d. ago Nursery worker 'suffocated baby to death days before first birthday for attention'

Little Harvey Mukebust was just five days away from celebrating his first birthday and died just days after another child suffered health issues at a nursery day care

Events

4 d. ago Child mortality crisis continues in Gaza, with more than 100 killed since ceasefire

Eight children have died of hypothermia this winter, says health ministry, amid reports maternal and newborn care in territory has been dismantled A 27-day-old baby died in Gaza on Saturday from severe cold, bringing the number of children in the region who have died of hypothermia since the start of the current winter season to eight, according to the Palestinian health ministry.Medical sources confirmed to the news agency Anadolu that the newborn, named Aisha Ayesh al-Agha, died as a result of freezing temperatures, and that when she was brought to Nasser hospital in Khan Younis it was already too late to save her. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Kaiser affiliates will pay $556M to settle a lawsuit alleging Medicare fraud

Kaiser Permanente affiliates will pay $556 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the health care giant committed Medicare fraud and pressured doctors to list incorrect diagnoses on medical records to receive higher reimbursements

Economics

6 d. ago Final day to select ACA health plans arrives in most states, with no subsidy deal yet

The final day to select Affordable Care Act health insurance for the year has arrived across much of the country

Economics

6 d. ago Shocking state of hospital corridor care revealed as patients face ‘torture’

NHS patients are enduring a "broken system" of corridor care, new findings from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) reveal.

Science

6 d. ago A&E ‘torture’ as NHS corridor care leaves patients waiting days to be admitted

Royal College of Nursing hears harrowing accounts from nurses forced to treat dying patients in freezing corridors, dining rooms, staff kitchens and offices

Science

7 d. ago Trump accused of 'disgusting grift' after sending 'creepy email' begging for cash

After US President Donald Trump sent supporters a dramatic late-night fundraising email claiming he was “alone and in the dark” with a “dying laptop”, social media erupted with criticism

Politics

7 d. ago ‘People will die’: Trump administration cancels up to $1.9bn for substance use and mental health

Funding to end immediately for up to 2,800 grantees of US agency that serves thousands seeking help and in recoveryThe Trump administration on Tuesday evening unexpectedly canceled up to $1.9bn in funding for substance use and mental health care, which providers say will immediately affect thousands of patients.“It feels like Armageddon for everyone who’s on the frontlines of the addiction and mental health space,” said Ryan Hampton, founder of Mobilize Recovery, a national advocacy organization for people in and seeking recovery. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago Iran's horrifying torture methods from gas in hospitals to kill squad executions

An expert has revealed the terrifying reality of life inside Iran as the internet blackout continues. From families searching body bags to no access to health care and street executions, the human rights specialist has issued an urgent plea

Events

7 d. ago Prestwick care home given clean bill of health after unannounced spot check

The care home, on Monkton Road, was graded ‘good’ across one quality indicator and ‘very good’ across another.

Society

7 d. ago One in four UK teenagers in care have attempted to end their lives, study says

Research also shows teenagers in care are four times more likely to try to end their lives than peers with no care historyOne in four teenagers in care have attempted to end their own life, and are four times more likely to do so than their peers with no care experience, according to a landmark study.The research analysed data from the millennium cohort study, which follows the lives of 19,000 people born in the UK between 2000 and 2002, and considered how out of home care, including foster, residential and kinship care, affected the social and mental health outcomes of the participants. Continue reading...

Politics

8 d. ago Migrant who entered UK saying he was a health worker was found working in a curry house: Probe as thousands abuse 'NHS visas'

Ijaj Abid Redwan Hridoy arrived here on a health care visa but Home Office immigration enforcement officers found him working at the Junoon Indian restaurant in the village of Helsby in Cheshire.

Events

9 d. ago Hundreds of health care professionals urge Senedd members to vote against assisted dying law

The professionals say the law is 'deeply flawed' and there has been 'inadequate' oversight

Politics

1 week ago Alzheimer’s therapies should target a particular gene, researchers say

Scientists at UCL say drug developers should focus on two risk-raising variants of the Apoe geneNew therapies for Alzheimer’s disease should target a particular gene linked to the condition, according to researchers who said most cases would never arise if its harmful effects were neutralised.The call to action follows the arrival of the first wave of drugs that aim to treat Alzheimer’s patients by removing toxic proteins from the brain. While the drugs slow the disease down, the benefits are minor, and they have been rejected for widespread use by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice). Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago New head of transformation and performance for social care partnership

South Lanarkshire University Health and Social Care Partnership have appointed Claire Kavanagh.

Politics

1 week ago Hospitals ‘can’t avoid’ using corridors to provide care amid calls to address risks

An investigation has found some hospitals are adapting corridors and other non-clinical spaces for patient care

Events

2 w. ago Abortion to stay legal in Wyoming, court strikes down nation’s first abortion pill ban

The Supreme Court's 4-1 majority agreed with the plaintiffs, concluding that the bans contravened a 2012 amendment to the Wyoming Constitution, which guarantees every ‘competent adult’ the right ‘to make his or her own health care decisions’

Events

2 w. ago Photos of the latest tech at the CES trade show in Las Vegas

The annual CES trade show displays the latest from tech companies at a multiday event in Las Vegas. The show highlights consumer products in robotics, health care, vehicles, wearables and gaming.

Culture